Beyond that, the development process seems very much modeled on Rails, and *requires* that you have Ruby.
The biggest issue for me is that the development process requires that you serve up files from a local web server (Mongrel) and view them in a browser. Personally, I would *really* love an MVC framework like this for developing desktop apps for AIR, but this is impractical with SproutCore because: 1. I can't actually test during development in AIR. I can get kinda close with Safari, but it's not the same. 2. Because I can't test in AIR, I can't access any of the AIR specific APIs during development -- ya know, the things that make AIR something beyond just a site-specific browser. No file system access, no OS- level notifications in Windows, no OS-native menus, etc. I guess I can see why they took that approach -- the server/browser setup is a far, far more common delivery model for apps, but it still bums me out a lot. -- Ed Finkler http://funkatron.com AIM: funka7ron ICQ: 3922133 Skype: funka7ron On Jun 19, 9:04 am, "Andy Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I felt the same way. All of the samples are solely based on Rails. > > -----Original Message----- > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Ed Finkler > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:34 PM > To: jQuery (English) > Subject: [jQuery] Re: SproutCore vs jQuery? Are there any comparisons out > there? > > SproutCore looks interesting from the outside, but I dislike the strong > reliance on Ruby and code stub generation. I would *love* to see a good MVC > pattern framework for JS, though, that I could use in AIR apps. > > -- > Ed Finklerhttp://funkatron.com > AIM: funka7ron > ICQ: 3922133 > Skype: funka7ron > > On Jun 17, 12:07 pm, "Priest, James (NIH/NIEHS) [C]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you look at their site - it seems it's much more focused on > > building actual applications. Looking interesting for sure but not > > sure if a direct comparison with jQuery or the other JS libraries can be > made. > > >http://www.sproutcore.com/documentation/getting-started/ > > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Andy Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:55 AM > > > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com > > > Subject: [jQuery] Re: SproutCore vs jQuery? Are there any > > > comparisons out there? > > > > Yeah...that's what I thought. I've never even heard of it before > > > WWDC.
